Real average hourly earnings up 0.4 percent for private employees over the year ending October 2017

November 24, 2017

Real average hourly earnings for all private nonfarm employees increased 0.4 percent from October 2016 to October 2017. The increase in real average hourly earnings combined with no change in the average workweek resulted in a 0.4-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

Real average hourly earnings for production and nonsupervisory employees increased 0.3 percent from October 2016 to October 2017. The increase in real average hourly earnings combined with a 0.3-increase in the average workweek resulted in a 0.5-percent increase in real average weekly earnings over this period.

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics program and are seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent 2 months are preliminary. For more information, see “Real Earnings — October 2017” (HTML) (PDF). Data from the Consumer Price Index are used to adjust earnings for inflation.